Roger Skinner
Curriculum Vitae

Artist's Statement





Light is the basis of all life. Photography is described as light writing. Hence it becomes the written language of light. The light etched image of itself, the new hieroglyphics, the story teller of now for the future, the history of life. It is good to be an interpreter in that history.


CURRICULUM VITAE

ROGER SKINNER BORN 1950

1962 First camera given to me

AWARDS

1979 Slide of the Year, Northern Photographic Federation

1980 Certificate of Merit, Northern Photographic Federation

1985 Karingal Cup, B&W Photography, Muswellbrook Camera Club
Muswellbrook Camera Club Cup, Colour Slide

1986 Karingal Cup, B&W Photography, Muswellbrook Camera Club

1987 Champion B&W Print (Hunter Valley), Newcastle National Exhibition
Merit Award, RMSAB Weather Calendar Competition
Second Prize, Colour Prints, Toowoomba Photographic Competition
First Prize, B&W Print, Merriwa Photography Prize
Highly Commended, Colour Print, Merriwa Photography Prize
Highly Commended, B&W Print, Merriwa Photography Prize
Champion Overall Print, Merriwa Photographic Prize
Karingal Cup, B&W Photography, Muswellbrook Camera Club
Highly Commended, Muswellbrook Open Art Prize
TA Cook Award, Muswellbrook Local Art Prize
Australian Photographic Society Special Medallion

1988 Merit Award, RMSAB Weather Calendar Competition
First Prize, Scone Art Prize
Second Prize, Contemporary Section, Merriwa Art Prize
Highly Commended, Contemporary Section, Singleton Art Prize
Karingal Cup, B&W Photography, Muswellbrook Camera Club
Highly Commended, Local Section, Muswellbrook Photographic Award
Stanthorpe Art Festival, Stanthorpe Regional Gallery Acquisitive Prize - Acquired
Bi-Centennial Medallion Muswellbrook National Exhibition

1989 First Prize, Acquisitive, Muswellbrook National Exhibition
First Prize, Contemporary Section, Singleton Art Prize
Highly Commendeds (2), Contemporary Section, Singleton Art Prize
Highly Commended, Contemporary Section, Merriwa Art Prize
First Prize, Local Section, Muswellbrook Photographic Award
Patron's Trophy, Colour Prints, Muswellbrook Camera Club

1990 First Prize, Acquisitive, Muswellbrook National Exhibition
Third Prize, Muswellbrook National Exhibition
Karingal Cup, B&W Photography, Muswellbrook Camera Club
Highly Commended, Abstract Section, Great Lakes Art Prize
First Prize, Local Section, Muswellbrook Photographic Award
Merit Award, RMSAB Weather Calendar Competition
Highly Commended, Bega National Exhibition
First Prize, Contemporary Section, Merriwa Art Prize
Highly Commended, Contemporary Section, Merriwa Art Prize
Third Prize, Colour Print, Merriwa Photography Prize

1991 Certificate of Merit, Newcastle National Exhibition
Highly Commended, Newcastle Art Prize
Runner Up, Tubemakers Photographic Competition
Highly Commended, Murrurundi Heritage Art Prize
Highly Commendeds (3), International Exhibition of Creative Photography, Surrey, England
Karingal Cup, B&W Photography, Muswellbrook Camera Club
Highly Commended, 'Flash at the Face', Mining Photography Competition
First Prize, Contemporary Section, Merriwa Art Prize
Merit Award, Sydney International Exhibition of Photography
First Prize, Local Section, Muswellbrook Photographic Award
Highly Commended, Local Section, Muswellbrook Photographic Award
Highly Commended, Muswellbrook Local Art Prize
Second Prize, APS Hal Wise Competition

1992 First Prize, Murrurundi Heritage Art Prize
Encouragement Award, Contemporary Painting, Walkom Manning Art Prize
Highly Commended, Scone Art Prize
FIAP Gold Medal Monochrome Prints, International Exhibition of Creative Photography, Surrey, England
FIAP Gold Medal, Colour Prints, International Exhibition of Creative Photography, Surrey, England
Highly Commended, Open Section, Merriwa Art Prize
Heritage Acquisitive Photography Award, Toowoomba, Exhibited
First Prize, APS Southern Cross Challenge, 1992
Highly Commended, Open Section, Muswellbrook Photographic Award

1993 Second Prize, McGregor Prize for Photography, (Acquisitive)
First Prize, Scone Horse Week Photographic Competition
IMAGE Magazine, Back Page Competition
First Prize, Black & White Photography, Fairfield City Arts Festival
First Prize, Black & White, Photography International Magazine

1994 First Prize, Muswellbrook Photographic Award (Acquisitive)
Viola Bromley Prize, Muswellbrook Local Art Prize
First Prize, Scone Horse Week Photographic Competition

1995 First Prize, Black & White Prints, NSWFCC Top Shot Competition
Highly Commended, Scone Art Prize, Local Section
First Prize (My Australia Sect) Sandy Hollow Photography Competition
First Prize (Human Nature Sect) Sandy Hollow Photography Competition
Image Magazine Back Page Competition
TA Cook Prize Muswellbrook Local Art Prize

1996 Highly Commended Murrurundi Heritage Art Prize Section
First Prize Scone Horse Week Photography Prize Portrait Section
First Prize Scone Horse Week Photography Prize Horse Theme Section
First Prize Scone Horse Week Photography Prize Open Section

1997 First Prize The McGregor Prize For Photography (Acquisitive)
Highly Commended Heritage Building Society Photography Prize
ABC 2UH Art & Poetry Prize
First Prize Merriwa Art & Photography Prize Colour Section
Highly Commended Merriwa Art & Photography Prize Colour Section
Highly Commended Merriwa Art & Photography Prize B&W
Australian Wildlife Photographer Of The Year, Landscape. Queensland Museum.
Highly Commended Scone Art Prize (Local Section)

1998 Highly Commended Macgregor Prize For Photography
AIPP Silver Award Landscape NSW
AIPP Silver Award Contemporary Portrait
The Karingal Cup For Black & White Photography Muswellbrook & Districts Camera Club
The Patron’s Trophy For Colour Prints Muswellbrook & Districts Camera Club
Photographer Of The Year, Muswellbrook & Districts Camera Club
The Shire Prize, Muswellbrook Photographic Award
The TA Cook Award
Conferred Honorary Life Member Muswellbrook & Districts Camera Club

1999 First Prize McGregor Prize For Photography
Second Prize Landscape Section Scone Horse Week Photography Prize
First Prize (Inaugural Winner) Josephine Ulrick Photography Prize
Photographer Of The Year Muswellbrook & Districts Camera Club
Karingal Trophy For Black & White Photography Muswellbrook & Districts Camera Club


2000 Highly Commended McGregor Prize For Photography
Highly Commended Banool Art Prize
AIPP Silver Award Contemporary Portrait
Highly Commended Muswellbrook Photographic Award
Photographer Of The Year Muswellbrook & Districts Camera Club
Karingal Trophy For Black & White Photography Muswellbrook & Districts Camera Club
The Patron’s Trophy For Colour Prints Muswellbrook & Districts Camera Club

2001 Highly Commended Muswellbrook Photographic Award
Inducted To The Muswellbrook Shire Hall Of Fame
Highly Commended Muswellbrook Photographic Award
Photographer Of The Year Muswellbrook & Districts Camera Club
Karingal Cup B&W Prints Muswellbrook & Districts Camera Club

2002 Muswellbrook Shire Citizen Of The Year For Cultural Achievement
Highly Commended Merriwa Art & Photography Prize.

2004 Highly Commended Mc Gregor Prize For Photography
AIPP Silver Award Contemporary Portrait.
First Prize Banool Conservation Photography Prize.

2005 Highly Commended McGregor Prize For Photography
Highly Commended Muswellbrook Photographic Award

2006 Highly Commended McGregor Prize For Photography
AIPP Silver Award Landscape
Third Prize Northside Creative Photography Awards

2007 Highly Commended Muswellbrook Photographic Award
Karingal Cup For B&W Photography MDCC
The Patrons Trophy For Colour Prints MDCC
Photographer Of The Year MDCC

2008 Semi Finalist The Moran Prize For Photography
AIPP Silver Award Illustrative
Associate of The AIPP
Commended Australian Digital Photography Awards
Black and White Spider Awards Nominee in Nude

EXHIBITIONS

1979-80 Upper Hunter Environmental Exhibition

1980 Denman Biennial Art & Craft Exhibition
Denman Arts & Crafts Group, Photographic Exhibition

1984 McGregor Prize For Photography (Exhibited) USEQ Toowoomba

1987 Still Life, The Laundry Exhibition, Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery
McGregor Prize For Photography (Exhibited) USEQ Toowoomba

1988 Kodak-Imagery Tourist Exhibition, Imagery Gallery, Brisbane
Kodak-Imagery Tourist Exhibition, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
Kodak-Imagery Tourist Exhibition, The Kodak Gallery, Sydney
McGregor Prize For Photography ((Exhibited) USEQ Toowoomba
The Folding Screen Exhibition, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
'oints of View', Two Man Exhibition with Kevin Tester, Burrengong Art Gallery, Young
'A Place Called Rouchel' Exhibition, Rouchel School of Arts

1989 'Chiaroscuro - The Dramatic Study of Light' Exhibition, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
McGregor Prize For Photography (Exhibited) USEQ Toowoomba
The Winter Exhibition, Murulla Gallery, Muswellbrook
'Still Life - The Shed' Exhibition, Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery
The 9 x 5 Exhibition, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery

1990 Interiors Inside/Outside Exhibition, Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery
McGregor Prize For Photography (Exhibited) USEQ Toowoomba
'Diving into Silence', One Man Exhibition, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
'Diving into Silence', One Man Exhibition, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree
Mumm-Cordon Rouge Natural Illusion Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Heritage Acquisitive Photography Award, Toowoomba
'The Industrial Grid' Exhibition, Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery

1991 Invited Exhibition of Hunter Valley Photographers, Maitland City Gallery
'A Private View' Photomedia Works, Maitland Civic Centre
ISCP Exhibition, Ashley Gallery, Ashley Centre, Surrey, England
ISCP Exhibition, Norwich City Gallery, England
'The Dynamics of Process', One Man Exhibition, Imagery Gallery, Brisbane

1992 'Under a Southern Sun, A Survey of Directions in Landscape', Photography Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
McGregor Prize For Photography (Exhibited) USEQ Toowoomba
ISCP Exhibition, Ashley Gallery, Ashley Centre, Surrey, England
ISCP Exhibition, Chester Cathedral, Chester, England
Invited Exhibition of Hunter Valley Photographers, Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery
'Nude in the Landscape', Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
'Fruit and Flowers', Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
The Mac Abbott Memorial Exhibition, Scone Arts & Crafts

1993 McGregor Prize For Photography (Exhibited) USEQ Toowoomba
'Masterclass', Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
'Self Portrait, Me by Me' Exhibition, Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery
Muswellbrook Open Art Prize
Fairfield City Arts Festival, Sydney

1994 McGregor Prize For Photography (Exhibited) USEQ Toowoomba

'The Road' Exhibition, Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery
'Under the Mask of Religion', Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery
'Cross Dressing', Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery
'Still Life Revisited', Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery
'Our Place', Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery
'The Four Seasons', Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery
'The Vineyards', Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery
'ostcodes' - touring exhibition, New South Wales
Polaroid Showcase Exhibition Touring Exhibition Various Venues In Aust

1995 'The Pits', Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery
'Stenopaeics', Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
'Aspects IX', Selections from the Muswellbrook Shire Collection, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
'Decadence' Touring Exhibition Contemporary Group Of The Australian Photographic Society, Dubbo Regional Gallery
The Macgregor Prize For Photography (Exhibited)

1996 ‘Stenopaeics’ Albury Regional Gallery
‘Self Centred’ One Man Exhibition, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
‘Decadence’ Touring Exhibition Contemporary Group Of The Australian Photographic Society Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
Heritage Building Society Acquisitive Photographic Award Toowoomba Regional Gallery

1997 The McGregor Prize For Photography (Exhibited) USEQ Toowoomba
Heritage Building Society Acquisitive Photographic Award Toowoomba Regional Gallery
The Artist’s Camp Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery
Artists Of The Upper Hunter, Maitland City Art Gallery.

1998 The Macgregor Prize For Photography (Exhibited) USEQ Toowoomba
Heritage Building Society Acquisitive Photographic Award (Exhibited) Toowoomba Regional Gallery
Miniatures Exhibition Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
Faces In The Street Muswellbrook Camera Club 40th Anniversary Exhibition
Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
Heliotropism-Photographers Facing The Light, Gallery 482 Brisbane.
The Boy’s Own Annual Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
Australian Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Exhibition Queensland

1999 McGregor Prize For Photography (Exhibited)
Do You Remember? Closing Exhibition Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
Josephine Ulrick Photography Prize Tweed River Regional Art Gallery (Exhibited)
Miniatures Exhibition Muswellbrook (Hill St) Regional Gallery

2000 McGregor Prize For Photography (Exhibited)
The Josephine Ulrick Photography Prize Tweed River Regional Gallery (Exhibited)
Mirage & Metaphors Exhibition APScon 2000 Rydges Hotel Canberra ACT

2001 The McGregor Prize For Photography (Exhibited)
The Josephine Ulrick Prize For Photography
Personal Choice Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre
From The Bridge, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre
2002 The McGregor Prize For Photography (Exhibited)
The Josephine Ulrick Prize For Photography (Exhibited)
From The Blocks, Muswellbrook Regional Art Centre

2003 The McGregor Prize For Photography (Exhibited)
The Josephine Ulrick Prize For Photography (Exhibited)

2004 The Josephine Ulrick Prize For Photography (Exhibited)
The McGregor Prize For Photography (Exhibited)
The Portfolio Exhibition Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre
Miniatures X Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre
The Winners Works Collected Via Acquisitive Prizes at MRAC
Parallels, Artists from the Max Watters Collection Who are represented in the Muswellbrook Shire Collection.
I Can Do That Exhibition Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre

2005 The McGregor Prize For Photography (Exhibited)

2006 The McGregor Prize For Photography (Exhibited)
Miniatures 11 Muswellbrook Regional Gallery

2008 The Nude; Interpretations By Owen O’Meara and Roger Skinner Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre
Miniatures 12 Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre
The Black & White Nude Keralla Gallery
50+ Fifty years Of Collecting Art Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre.
The Local Artist’s Christmas Selling Show Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre.
Recent Acquisitions Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre


PUBLICATIONS AND COMMISSIONS Commissioned and Non commissioned.
My Photographic Work has appeared in the following publications in chronological order
• The Valley of the Years
• PHOTOgraphy Magazine
• 1988 Royal Meteorological Society Calendar
• Craft Australia
• Australian Photography Magazine
• Six Upper Hunter Ceramicists Catalogue
• Image Magazine
• Newcastle Morning Herald
• Hunter Valley News
• Light Reading Magazine
• Australian Camera Magazine
• Maitland Mercury
• Muswellbrook Open Art Prize 1991 Catalogue
• Muswellbrook Open Art Prize 1995 Catalogue
• Toowoomba Chronicle
• International Exhibition of Photography Catalogue
• The Max Watters Collection Catalogue
• Muswellbrook Shire Council Annual Report
• Professional Photography in Australia
• Photography International Magazine
• The Australian Newspaper
• Commercial Photography Magazine
• Best Of Friends Annual Collection 1996 & 1997
• CRA At Work Magazine
• Behind The Seams Magazine
• BWE Magazine
• Howick Coal Hall Of Fame (The 30 Year Club)
• Better Photography Magazine
• Coal & Allied Web Page
• Coal & Allied Social Report
• The Horse In The Hunter by Judy White 2005
• Melbourne Age
• 50+ Fifty Years of Collecting Art Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre

COLLECTIONS


• Stanthorpe Regional Gallery Collection
• Queensland Art Gallery Collection
• Muswellbrook Shire Art Collection
• The Max Watters Collection
• The Mumm-Cordon Rouge Collection
• Manning Art Gallery Collection
• Maitland City Gallery Collection
• University of Southern Queensland Collection
• Tweed River Regional Gallery Collection
• Various Private Collections in Australia and Overseas

OTHER

• Chairman, Photographic Records, Muswellbrook Bicentennial Community Committee
• Coordinator, Muswellbrook Bicentennial Photographic Document
• Curator, Upper Hunter Women in Art Exhibition, Denman
• Curator, Denman Arts & Crafts Group Photography Exhibition
• Curator (Joint), 'Diving into Silence', One Man Exhibition
• Curator, 'Masterprinters', Touring Exhibition of Six
• Photographers from the Australian Photographic Society
• Executor Director, Galleries/Special Projects, Australian
Photographic Society
• Chairperson, Contemporary Group, Australian Photographic Society
• Guest Editor, PHOTOgraphy Magazine
• Judge, Freestyle Section, 1993, 1997 Sydney International Exhibition of Photography
• Lecture, 'Blurring the Edges', Photography 93 International Photographic Convention, Darling Harbour, Sydney
• Lecture 'Start At Zero' APScon 1995 Dubbo NSW
• Judge, McGregor Prize for Photography
• Teacher in Photography, Years 11 and 12, HSC Art
• Tutor in Photography, Muswellbrook Skillshare
• Private Collection of Photographs from Australia and overseas
• Photographic Commentator and Reviewer (Professional Photography Magazine)
• Curator, 'Decadence', Inaugural APS Contemporary Group Exhibition
• ‘The Light Made Us’ Presentation to APScon 96 Hobart Tasmania
• Tutor McGregor School University Of Southern Queensland
• Lecture “Open The Pod Bay Doors Hal Northern Zones Photography Convention.
• Artist Event Lecture Series Tweed River Regional Gallery
• “Two Strings & A Bow” Wet Processing Images, Digital Scenarios. APScon 2000 Canberra ACT
• Panel Chair In Artists Discussion Forum With Wes Stacey.